http://dwp-kosovo.info/ en quack@forumzfd.de Copyright 2010 2010-08-19T10:12:28+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/kosovo_roma_oral_histories_project/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/kosovo_roma_oral_histories_project/ "This project was implemented between January and July of 2003 in several Kosovar Roma communities. It started long before that. In November of 2001, we conducted a random interview in Gracanica to see what it would yield. We picked the mother of the middle-aged blacksmith next door, who we’d paid to weld iron bars over our windows. His mother, on sunny days, would slowly walk outside her small, well-kept home, to sit in the sun. She brought a small stool with her and placed it on the edge of the dirt road that ran up to the unused railroad tracks and the Serb homes beyond. On every sunny day I exchanged greetings with her on the way to or from work. Adem Osmani interviewed her. She was almost 90 years old- she was sharp and lucid, she cracked jokes and occasionally she smoked a cigarette. She revealed to us a world none of us knew about; the woman spoke of growing up in Pristina’s Moravska Mahalla in the 1920s, when the Serbs were rare and the Turks were still the elite of the town. She spoke of the smells, the languages, the Turkish markets, the politics, and her best friend who she played with despite the fact that they shared no common language. She learned Turkish in order to better play dolls with her. She talked about Italian officers and the German occupation forces; she spoke of Roma traditions that we’d never seen or heard of- not even from the Roma we knew around Gracanica. She was not the inspiration for this project; she was confirmation that it was worthwhile. (...)" 2010-08-19T10:12:28+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/places_of_memory_-_memory_of_places/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/places_of_memory_-_memory_of_places/ Places of memory – Memory of Places – invited young people from Usti nad Labem (Czech Republic), Kosovo and Germany to take part in an exchange and art project on dealing with the past. From 7 to 14 May the group went together to Usti nad Labem and Terezin in the Czech Republic and Dresden in Germany. Afterwards they continued their explorations in Prishtina. During these 13 days they dealt intensively with the topic of remembering the past in the three countries Kosovo, Germany and the Czech Republic. The project took place in places that have experienced several tyrannies and violent clashes. In this three countries the group visited monuments and discussed with historians and artists who work on the topic. In Kosovo they were exploring on forms of institutionalized memory. What complicates and prevents to deal with the past and to memory the war? Discussions with representatives from politics, civil society and with victims were held, about what forms of public remembrance, they favour. Partners: Collegium Bohemicum (CZ), Technische Universität Dresden 2010-02-05T08:52:34+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/the_history_of_kosovo_of_the_1960s_and_1970s/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/the_history_of_kosovo_of_the_1960s_and_1970s/ The website “The history of Kosovo of the 1960s and 1970s” has been created by Qendra Multimedia, Prishtina. It was developed in the frame of the project “Kosovar history laboratory”, which took place from March until July 2009. www.kosovarhistory.com presents the history of the 1960s and 1970s in Kosovo in a new way. It presents it through short videos in which Kosovars tell about how they have experienced these two decades. The contemporary witnesses, who have been interviewed, tell about their family life at that time, their education, the working conditions, the process of modernization, about living together with other ethnic groups and important political events. The project started with a training for students in the method of Oral History. Subsequently a selected group of students conducted a total of twelve interviews with Albanians, Roma and Turks in different places in Kosovo. The aim of the website is to create a more vivid and personal access to history in Kosovo and to give new insights to the history of this place. 2010-02-05T08:46:13+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/youth_forum_theatre_and_dealing_with_the_past_in_kosovo/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/youth_forum_theatre_and_dealing_with_the_past_in_kosovo/ This project takes the forum theatre approach to introduce the topic of dealing with the past (dwp) to youth as well as to open public discussions amongst youth on these topics. The project will include trainings and workshops on dwp, memory work and the forum theatre approach for 20 young artists (from Artpolis and Ghetto Theatre). Based on these discussions, the young artists will write a play on dwp together with a professional scriptwriter. Artpolis will perform the play in 3 municipalities (mainly Albanian), and Ghetto Theatre in 3 municipalities (mainly Serbian) around Kosovo. After each performance, discussions will be opened for the youth audience on issues expressed in the play. The project is a starting point - it is planned to extend the project to other social groups. 2010-01-13T10:55:55+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/transitional_justice_in_kosovo_discussion_paper/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/transitional_justice_in_kosovo_discussion_paper/ On 2 July 2009, KIPRED presented the discussion paper "Transitional Justice in Kosovo", the aim of which is opening of the debate on this issue in Kosovo. The introductions in the conference were held by Mr. Hashim Thaci, the Prime Minister of Repulic of Kosovo, Ambassador Knut Vollebæk, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Mr. Alberto Perduca, Head of Justice EULEX and by Mr. Lulzim Peci, KIPRED's Executive Director. The paper was prezented by Mr. Ilir Deda, KIPRED's Reserach Director. 1. Introduction 2. Transitional justice – the concept and its main mechanisms a) Criminal prosecutions for international crimes b) Truth commissions e) Remembrance and memorialization f) Regional experiences 3. Background on the Kosovo conflict 4. Transitional justice in Kosovo 4.1. Main stakeholders and policies 4.1.1. International Stakeholders 4.1.2. Local Stakeholders 4.2. Main documents 4.3. Mechanisms for dealing with injustices and abusers 5. Conclusions and Recommendations 2010-01-08T08:54:27+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/recom/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/recom/ In the post-Yugoslav societies war crimes committed by the other side in the conflict are often talked about, even more often exaggerated, while the authorities continue to relativize, minimize, or justify the crimes committed against opposing sides in the conflict. Identification and solidarity with members of the same community accused of war crimes is very strong, while members of other communities suspected of committing war crimes are accused arbitrarily. Victims are being forgotten and the public only hears about them during state sponsored ceremonies. The fate of 16,252 missing persons is still unclear and a number of gravesites are still undisclosed. There is no political interest to establish the facts about the events of the past, and the much-needed pressure of the free-thinking public is still missing. The Initiative to create RECOM is a civil-society-driven process for the creation of an interstate and independent commission mandated to investigate and publicly disclose the facts about war crimes and other serious human rights abuses in the past committed on the territory of the former Yugoslavia, including the truth about the missing. So far, 487 members joined the Coalition, the Humanitarian Law Center is one of the initiators. 2010-01-06T13:25:31+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/recom_consultations/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/recom_consultations/ HLC Kosovo is coordinating consultations for the RECOM idea which are organised by several organisations. Background: - In the post-Yugoslav societies war crimes committed by the other side in the conflict are often talked about, even more often exaggerated, while the authorities continue to relativize, minimize, or justify the crimes committed against opposing sides in the conflict. - Identification and solidarity with members of the same community accused of war crimes is very strong, while members of other communities suspected of committing war crimes are accused arbitrarily. - Victims are being forgotten and the public only hears about them during state sponsored ceremonies. - The fate of 16,252 missing persons is still unclear and a number of gravesites are still undisclosed. - There is no political interest to establish the facts about the events of the past, and the much-needed pressure of the free-thinking public is still missing. ()(www.korekom.org) 2009-12-24T15:13:08+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/restauration_of_hadum_mosque_in_gjakova/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/restauration_of_hadum_mosque_in_gjakova/ CHwB works to preserve cultural monuments endangered in various ways. Working with cultural heritage can help vulnerable groups recover their sense of dignity and empowerment, which in turn can increase the possibilities for reconciliation and fight against poverty. ChwB Kosovo has been working on the restauration of mosques, churches, hamams, private buildings and on municipals development plans. The restauration of Hadum Mosque in Gjakova, which was heavily destroyed in the 1999 war, is one example (in cooperation with te Islamic society of Gjakova and UNESCO) . 2009-12-23T09:42:33+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/memory_project/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/memory_project/ The Memory Project is a psychosocial project which operates under Office on Missing Persons and Forensics - OMPF. The Memory Project it is an effort to commemorate missing persons in a permanent and non-politicized way, and always tries to follow the line which will show that all ethnic groups in Kosovo have undergone similar experiences of loss. The project itself encompasses several proposed initiatives which have been realized in several phases of the Memory Project. The initial phase included the "Theatre Initiative" and "Forum Theatre". The Memory Project incorporates its main initiative "Oral History Interviews", the main objective of this initiative was to create a resource centre - the archive with a library of video testimonies of family members of missing persons. This oral history initiative gave the unique chance or the opportunity to the family members of missing persons to talk and tell their personal experiences, individual experiences and or of their community or region where they came from. www.ks-gov.net, email: fatmire.shala@ks-gov.net, fshala81@gmail.com 2009-12-17T17:59:33+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/ulpiana_archaeological_youth_camps/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/ulpiana_archaeological_youth_camps/ In Ulpiana, every summer, young Serbs, Roma and Albanians are learning about their common historical roots, digging for cultural artefacts at a multi-ethnic camp. The participants also learn archeological techniques and visit many heritage sites. More information: Kemajli Luci, kemaluci@gmail.com 2009-12-17T01:12:07+00:00 http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/conference_transitional_justice/ http://dwp-kosovo.info/en/PROJECTS/conference_transitional_justice/ On Tuesday 27 May the Kosovo Institute of Journalism & Communication in close cooperation with OSCE organized the follow-up glocal seminar on Transitional justice followed by panel and audience discussions. The keynote addresses were delivered by Mr. Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Kosovo, and Ambassador Knut Vollebæk, High Commissioner on National Minorities of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE, The Hague). Kosovo premiere of the documentary RULE OF LAW- Justice in Kosovo was also screened followed by a panel discussion with Susanne Brandstaetter, director, Momčilo Arlov – Programme Coordinator / Centre for Civil Society and Albin Kurti, Self-deter mination movement. In Rule of Law, Susanne Brandstätter accompanies Claudia Fenz, an international UN judge appointed to Kosovo, into a local courtroom, where she has to get to the bottom of what happened in a brutal case: six Kosovo-Albanian men are accused of stoning a Serb man and his elderly mother to death. 2009-12-15T19:50:30+00:00